Zika beyond the Americas: Travelers as sentinels of Zika virus transmission. A GeoSentinel analysis, 2012 to 2016

• Main Authors: Leder, Karin, Grobusch, Martin P., Gautret, Philippe, Chen, Lin H., Kuhn, Susan, Lim, Poh Lian, Yates, Johnnie, McCarthy, Anne E., Rothe, Camilla, Kato, Yasuyuki, Bottieau, Emmanuel, Huber, Kristina, Schwartz, Eli, Stauffer, William, Malvy, Denis, Shaw, Marc T. M., Rapp, Christophe, Blumberg, Lucille, Jensenius, Mogens, van Genderen, Perry J. J., Hamer, Davidson H.
• Other Authors: Jin, Xia
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: ZIKA; Transmission
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/86619; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/44147
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Background : Zika virus (ZIKV) was first isolated in Africa; decades later, caused large outbreaks in the Pacific, and is considered endemic in Asia. We aim to describe ZIKV disease epidemiology outside the Americas, the importance of travelers as sentinels of disease transmission, and discrepanci...